World IN BRIEF : PHILIPPINES : U.S. Signs New Pact to Extend Base Lease
The United States and the Philippines signed a new military base agreement today, allowing U.S. forces use of Subic Bay Naval Base for 10 more years. Philippine Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus and U.S. Ambassador Frank Wisner signed the treaty after 15 months of tortuous negotiations on the future of the nearly century-long American military presence in the former U.S. colony. The agreement faces a tough ratification process in the Philippine Senate, which must approve the pact with a two-thirds majority before the present lease expires Sept. 16.
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